Tamara is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Tamara is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,816 for girl births in the United States (and #3,310 across all names), given to 111 babies. Tamara was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1970 (4,721 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111 | 111 | #1,816 | — |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | #1,767 | — |
| 2023 | 109 | 109 | #1,849 | — |
| 2022 | 120 | 120 | #1,741 | — |
| 2021 | 106 | 106 | #1,884 | — |
| 2020 | 107 | 107 | #1,839 | — |
| 2019 | 124 | 124 | #1,699 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 114 | #1,798 | — |
| 2017 | 141 | 141 | #1,561 | — |
| 2016 | 155 | 155 | #1,484 | — |
| 2015 | 181 | 181 | #1,315 | — |
| 2014 | 168 | 168 | #1,381 | — |
| 2013 | 187 | 187 | #1,272 | — |
| 2012 | 203 | 203 | #1,209 | — |
| 2011 | 217 | 217 | #1,134 | — |
| 2010 | 231 | 231 | #1,081 | — |
| 2009 | 300 | 305 | #908 | — |
| 2008 | 352 | 352 | #816 | — |
| 2007 | 416 | 422 | #700 | — |
| 2006 | 416 | 426 | #681 | — |
| 2005 | 438 | 446 | #639 | — |
| 2004 | 503 | 516 | #568 | — |
| 2003 | 575 | 585 | #499 | — |
| 2002 | 802 | 829 | #374 | #12,286 |
| 2001 | 623 | 642 | #447 | — |
| 2000 | 681 | 707 | #417 | — |
| 1999 | 750 | 793 | #383 | — |
| 1998 | 879 | 912 | #335 | — |
| 1997 | 933 | — | #316 | — |
| 1996 | 1,004 | — | #288 | — |
| 1995 | 1,070 | — | #258 | — |
| 1994 | 1,131 | — | #245 | — |
| 1993 | 1,020 | — | #269 | — |
| 1992 | 1,265 | — | #223 | — |
| 1991 | 1,268 | — | #227 | #8,121 |
| 1990 | 1,390 | — | #209 | #5,761 |
| 1989 | 1,499 | — | #187 | #4,243 |
| 1988 | 1,537 | — | #183 | #7,154 |
| 1987 | 1,742 | — | #160 | #6,017 |
| 1986 | 2,111 | — | #134 | #4,423 |
| 1985 | 2,007 | — | #148 | #3,059 |
| 1984 | 2,298 | — | #124 | #4,510 |
| 1983 | 2,293 | — | #131 | #3,394 |
| 1982 | 2,372 | — | #129 | #3,928 |
| 1981 | 2,664 | — | #115 | #3,825 |
| 1980 | 2,821 | — | #108 | #3,407 |
| 1979 | 2,904 | — | #104 | #2,556 |
| 1978 | 2,807 | — | #105 | #5,684 |
| 1977 | 3,145 | — | #93 | #2,448 |
| 1976 | 3,102 | — | #91 | #2,694 |
| 1975 | 3,646 | — | #77 | #2,528 |
| 1974 | 4,548 | — | #64 | #1,972 |
| 1973 | 4,305 | — | #66 | #2,209 |
| 1972 | 3,549 | — | #84 | #2,234 |
| 1971 | 4,501 | — | #80 | #2,540 |
| 1970 | 4,733 | — | #79 | #2,874 |
| 1969 | 4,665 | — | #78 | #2,534 |
| 1968 | 4,323 | — | #80 | #2,186 |
| 1967 | 4,010 | — | #86 | #2,751 |
| 1966 | 3,493 | — | #98 | #2,609 |
| 1965 | 3,580 | — | #104 | #1,909 |
| 1964 | 3,821 | — | #108 | #2,304 |
| 1963 | 3,989 | — | #111 | #3,032 |
| 1962 | 3,827 | — | #119 | #4,562 |
| 1961 | 3,735 | — | #125 | #3,622 |
| 1960 | 3,673 | — | #124 | #3,311 |
| 1959 | 3,808 | — | #121 | #3,021 |
| 1958 | 3,412 | — | #127 | — |
| 1957 | 1,851 | — | #191 | #4,489 |
| 1956 | 728 | — | #323 | — |
| 1955 | 670 | — | #329 | — |
| 1954 | 664 | — | #328 | — |
| 1953 | 583 | — | #345 | — |
| 1952 | 531 | — | #359 | — |
| 1951 | 471 | — | #376 | — |
| 1950 | 387 | — | #407 | — |
| 1949 | 352 | — | #419 | — |
| 1948 | 324 | — | #443 | — |
| 1947 | 373 | — | #422 | — |
| 1946 | 306 | — | #441 | — |
| 1945 | 194 | — | #528 | — |
| 1944 | 193 | — | #523 | — |
| 1943 | 168 | — | #582 | — |
| 1942 | 133 | — | #647 | — |
| 1941 | 143 | — | #587 | — |
| 1940 | 179 | — | #516 | — |
| 1939 | 65 | — | #876 | — |
| 1938 | 48 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1937 | 32 | — | #1,300 | — |
| 1936 | 31 | — | #1,318 | — |
| 1935 | 29 | — | #1,379 | — |
| 1934 | 26 | — | #1,476 | — |
| 1933 | 20 | — | #1,765 | — |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,869 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,570 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #3,031 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,509 | — |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,413 | — |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,836 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,385 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,532 | — |